COMPARATIVE MODEL OF UNIT COSTS OF ROAD AND RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT FOR SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4

Abstract

The long-term trend in freight transport shows a predominant use of road transport even on long-haul routes. Within a study created at Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Transporting Sciences was developed a comparative model of the costs of road and rail freight transport which lets you search parameters and conditions under which the competitiveness of rail transport increases. The paper describes the model including input parameters, output values and model workflow.

Authors and Affiliations

Bína L. | Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Bínová H| Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic * Corresponding author: binova@fd.cvut.cz, Březina E. | Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Kumpošt P. | Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Padělek T. | Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Bína L. , Bínová H, Březina E. , Kumpošt P. , Padělek T. (2014). COMPARATIVE MODEL OF UNIT COSTS OF ROAD AND RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT FOR SELECTED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 3(4), 127-136. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-10452